Diedrick Brackens: heaven is a muddy riverbed
On view through May 8, 2022
Craft Contemporary
Los Angeles, California
craftcontemporary.org
This intimate survey exhibition examines the use of the catfish motif in Los Angeles-based artist Diedrick Brackens’ weavings and poetry. The catfish has been an enduring, multi-dimensional reference in Brackens’ work – a symbol of physical and spiritual nourishment, a messenger linking the present to ancestral memories, and a guide in his own self-examination. The exhibition navigates the evolution of this important emblem at the heart of Brackens’ prolific creative practice.
[Image: Diedrick Brackens, mud bright sight, 2021. Cotton and acrylic yarn. 43 x 40 1/2 inches. © Diedrick Brackens. Courtesy of the artist, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York and Various Small Fires, Los Angeles and Seoul.]
